Sen. Mary Kiffmeyer, R-Big Lake, and Sen. Bruce Anderson, R-Buffalo, study at the laptop at their desk on the Senate floor on the Monday, the last day of the session. (Photo by T.W. Budig)

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Dan Belair of the city of Elk River’s engineering division held a decibel meter outside Martie’s Farm Service, located near the Jackson Avenue railroad crossing, during a wayside horn test in February. Behind him are City Engineer Justin Femrite and Street Superintendent Mark Thompson. Star News file photo

Quiet zone specialist will study train noise issue in Elk River

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A key figure in Special Olympics in Elk River has been named the city of Elk River’s Volunteer of the …
 
 

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Softball: Thunder open playoffs with 15th win, 10-0 over HLWW

  by Bruce Strand, Sports editor A season of dramatic turnaround by the Zimmerman softball team continued as the Thunder …
 
 

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Alice Thibodeau’s picture books take readers on imaginative journeys with rhymed couplets — “Let’s see, Let’s see. What else can I be?” — and the author’s belief in pursuing dreams and talents. Children’s book author Thibodeau received 39 rejection letters before Little Leaf Press offered to help her self-publish. To date, she has self-published six books in her series under the pen name Alice Palace.

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by Britt Aamodt Contributing writer Alice Thibodeau had recently turned 50. She went with her daughter Jodi and two grandchildren …
 
 

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Annie Givens as Max the Dog with Emma Leither as the Grinch. (Photo by Bruce Strand)

Elk River figure skaters present Dr. Seuss style performance

  About 70 members of Elk River Figure Skating Club entertained Saturday with their spring show called  “One Skate, Two …
 
 

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Legislature adjourns as tax bill closes $627 million state budget deficit

Legislature adjourns as tax bill closes $627 million state budget deficit

by T.W. Budig ECM Capitol reporter The Democratic-led Legislature voted to tax the rich and smokers and to close corporate …
 
 

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